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David Petersen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7626

Abstract

Files on early AIDS/insurance activism and ACT-UP files on health insurance; subject files pertaining to viatical settlements, financial planning, the New York State Health Care Reform bill, and the organizations New Yorkers for Affordable Health Care, and Affording Care.

Dates

  • [ca. 1980-1992].

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Early member of Mariposa Foundation and later the head of Affording Care, a non-profit organization to help persons with AIDS get health insurance by cashing in life insurance policies.

Extent

6.3 cubic feet. (6.3 cubic feet.)

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Where possible, original folder headings have been retained. The following are a list of common acronyms found in the guide: BCBS: Blue Cross Blue Shield EBCBS: Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield GMHC: Gay Men's Health Center HIAA: Health Insurance Association of America PWAs: People With AIDS

SERIES LIST

Series I. Personal Materials Box 1

Series II. Mariposa Files Box 1

Series III. Insurance Boxes 1-5

ACT-UPHealth Care Changes/ReformsGovernment BenefitsFinancial PlanningMiscellaneous Insurance Materials

Series IV. AIDS and General Health Files Boxes 5-6

Series V. Miscellany Box 6

SEPARATED MATERIAL

The following periodicals have been seperated from the collection and cataloged individually:

AIDS Clinical Care, v.3 no.7

AIDS Forum, v.1 no.1

AIDS Patient Care, v.2 no.5

AIDS Treatment News, #159,160

AIDS Update (Dallas, TX), v.8 no.9

BETA, 1994:Dec., 1995: Dec.

The Blade (Washington DC), 1979: Oct. 25

Bulletin of the Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force, v.2:no.3,5

The Bulleting (Mercer Meidinger Hansen), no.156,159

Center Happenings, 1990:Jan/Feb

The Center Voice., v.6 no.2,6

Center Stage, 1989:Sept./Oct. 1990:Jan.

Cleis Press, Spring 1985 Catalog

Columbus Free Press, v.8 no.12

Community Prescription Service InfoPack, v.4 no.2

The Connection (LI, NY, NJ), v.2 no.14

CRIA Update, 1992: Spring, Summer

Critical Path AIDS Project, v.3 no.6-8

DIFFA On Line, v.1 no.3

Diseased Pariah News, #2

Gay Roots, the Elysian Fields Booklist, no.101-102

GMAD (Gay men of African Descent), 1989: Sept./Oct.

Elysian Fields recent acquisitions catalog, #18

Friends Newsletter, 1992:Fall

Gay Ohio Living Data, issue 2

The Gay Traveller.

Gays on the Hill, v.2:no.2, v.3:no.1

GGBC Newsletter, 1980: June, July 1981:Feb.

GLAAD Bulletin, 1989: Oct/Nov

GLAAD Newsletter, 1989: Fall

GMHC Annual Report, 1989/199

GMHC: The Volunteer, v.7: no.5-6, v.8 no.6, v.9:no.4

Good Times Bookshop, Catalog #1

Gotham, v.2:no.4,8-9,12,16

Hemophilia Outlook, 1993: Winter

High Gear. V.6 no.5

HIV Advisor, v.7 no.2

HIV Education Case Studies, no.4

HIV Frontline, #12

HIV Notebook, 1992:Oct/Nov/Dec, 1993:Winter

Homosexuelle Emanzipation. 1979:Mai/Juni,Juli/Aug.

It's Time. V.5:no.10, v.6:no.2, v.7:no.3,4,6

Living HIV, v.1 no.1

MACT/NY v.11: no.6

Michael's Thing Weekly, v.17:no.38

MOHR, v.3 no.9

Mothers' Voices, v.3 no.2

NAPWA News, v.3 no.4

National Minority AIDS Council Update, 1992: Sept./Oct.

News From Lambda, 1980: summer

The New Voice, issue546.

New York City News. v.1:no.4, v.2:no.4

NGTF Action Report, 1978:Dec., 1979:Feb.

Notes from the Underground, no.1,19-20,22-23,25-26,30-31

Ohio Gay Rights Coalition Newsletter, v.3 no.3

Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop Catalog, Spring 1979

Outfront, v.2 no.1

Outweek, no.42

Positively Aware, 1994:May

Provincetown Directory, 1982

Provincetown Positive, no.12

PWA Coalition Newsline, #57

Spartacus: Good News Letter, no.9

TA: Technical Assistance Newsletter, 1992: Aug/Sept

Walt Whitman Bookshop, Catalog no.2, v.1-2.

The Weekly News, v.3 no.21

Physical Description

Subject files, manuscripts, audiotapes.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Brenda MarstonAndrea Hektor
Date completed:
Mar. 2004
EAD encoding:
Andrea Hektor, Mar. 2004
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Brenda Marston, Andrea Hektor
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)